About Today: How to Keep a New Year's Resolution 12/29/10

From Jen Hubley, your About Today Editor New Year's Resolutions: So easy to make, so hard to keep. Unless, like me, you resolve every year to stop setting unreasonable goals. Then you can start out by not making resolutions, and you're already a winner.

How to Keep a New Year's Resolution  But perhaps you'd like to be a better sport about the whole thing. In that case, I recommend reading this piece on how to keep a resolution, once you've made one. New Year's Resolutions for the Whole Family How to Burn More Fat See More About:  new year's resolutions  behavior change

What's Your New Year's Resolution?  My favorite of these? "... Smile more. Judge less." Maybe I'll make a resolution after all, and just steal this one. Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for Your Yard Top Pilates New Year Resolutions

Ring in Your Happiest, Most Successful New Year  Every resolution boils down to one thing: be happier. Laundry Resolutions for the New Year Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for Business Success See More About:  goal setting  new year's resolutions  success

New Year's Resolutions for Artists  I also like the idea of setting aside time everyday to do something creative. 6 Steps to Setting Your Goals 8 Financial New Year's Resolutions for Small Business Owners

About Today: How to Make Snow 12/28/10

From Jen Hubley, your About Today Editor Depending on where you live, you might have plenty of snow right now. But it's outside, where it's cold, not inside, where the hot cocoa lives.

How to Make Snow  You can make this snow right in the toasty privacy of your own kitchen. This will allow you to throw snowballs at your family and never leave the house. Make Fake Snow Video: How to Make Borax Crystal Snowflakes See More About:  snow  snowflakes  water ice

Answer to Snow Questions  Today in Questions I've Had Since Kindergarten: Is it true that no two snowflakes are exactly alike? Snowflake Photo Gallery Make a Snow Globe See More About:  snowflakes  water chemistry  ice

How Colored Snow Works  And no, we don't just mean yellow snow. You already know how that works. How to Use Salt to Create Snowflakes in Watercolor Snow Ice Cream Recipes See More About:  colored snow  snow  pigments

Best Children's Books About Winter and Snow  My favorite thing to do when it snows outside? Read inside. Children's Poetry Books About Winter How to Make a Light Bulb Snowman See More About:  children's books about holidays  children's books about seasons picture books

About Today: How to Return Gifts Without a Hassle 12/27/10

From Jen Hubley, your About Today Editor Christmas has come and gone, leaving piles of crumpled wrapping paper in its wake. Also: maybe a few presents you didn't actually want.

How to Return Gifts Without a Hassle  I can tell you from experience that now is the best time to return those gifts, and get things you really want. The Small Print On Return and Free Shipping Policies Why You Should Keep the Receipt

Gift Return Worst Practices  If you wait much longer, you'll either find that you can no longer return them, or you'll run out of motivation and forget about it entirely. The Small Print On Return and Free Shipping Policies The Hidden Costs of Restocking Fees See More About:  worst retail return policies  target return policy  gift return worst practices

How to Return an eBay Gift  Prior to reading this article, I assumed that your options for returning eBay gifts were a) trade them with friends for things you want, or b) leave them out on the stoop for people to take. What to Keep in Mind as You Make Returns Resolving Disputes with eBay Sellers

How to Make Returns Easier  This is a great tip: "Don't rip into the box until you've made sure it's the one you want. Lots of stores have restocking fees for opened electronics." Best and Worst Long Island Store Return Policies Computer Return and Exchange Policies